To track power you need to look for what isn’t there

by | May 30, 2023

I once forced four companies to stop trading on the TSX because of what I didn’t hear.  It was 1998, and New Brunswick’s provincial telephone company was riding high.  NBTel had a chokehold on New Brunswick’s telecom market and one of the strongest brand...

BlackBerry & our Rage Against the Machinations of Change

by | May 24, 2023

Nothing earth-rattling ever happens at a world café.  No yelling. No double-dealing in the back room. No character assassinations in the media.  Just listening and talking to seek common ground and understanding via a few hours of facilitated conversations in...

Money is on the move; do you know where it is taking you?

by | May 16, 2023

When the last bank branch closed on Grand Manan Island last summer, there were the expected stories that this was an example of the continuing loss of a rural island way of life.  Cue the sad fiddles and penny whistle.  What, posited the news stories, happens to...